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Topic: Apollo 8 Earthrise RCA photo print
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MikeSpace
Member Posts: 73
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2020
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posted 11-27-2020 11:49 AM
   
Any information appreciated on this 8x10 photo which looks exactly like the Apollo 8 Earthrise photograph NASA AS8-14-2383. It is also printed on "A Kodak Paper" watermarked on reverse, and is stamped: "RCA Astro-Electronics Div 69-4-502 C Photo Negative No." Wondering how rare this might be compared to the NASA red number photo of same.  
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spaced out
Member Posts: 3150
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 11-27-2020 01:12 PM
Personally I would say the NASA red number doesn't really make that much difference to the value of these prints. The key thing is the A KODAK PAPER watermark, the quality of the image, and the condition of the print. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 45689
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-27-2020 02:45 PM
Interesting, I was thinking the opposite: the hook that many sellers use to justify that vintage prints are valuable is the NASA ID, establishing that it was "original" to the space agency at the time it was taken. A contractor print might carry some of that same distinction, but maybe not as much as the NASA-equivalent. |
Mike Dixon
Member Posts: 1517
From: Kew, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2003
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posted 11-27-2020 03:33 PM
Admittedly, some original red stamps from the period are set at highly inflated prices, but even so, I believe they're way more valuable than an equivalent contractor version. |
gliderpilotuk
Member Posts: 3409
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 11-30-2020 06:20 AM
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Originally posted by spaced out:
Personally I would say the NASA red number doesn't really make that much difference to the value of these prints.
There's always an exception. Apollo 8: Earthrise original "red number" photograph, Color photograph, 8x10 inches, 1968, with red NASA identification number in upper margin: "AS8-14-2383". Sold for US$ 8,200 inc. premium. |
Liembo
Member Posts: 703
From: Bothell, WA
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 02-26-2021 03:49 PM
What would the value be of an 8x10 Earthrise (AS8-14-2383) Kodak print from the 1970s on Kodak paper with the "This Paper Manufactured by Kodak" markings on the reverse. It still has the purple captioning, slightly different than the first generation captioning, and minus the meatball? It's hard to read in this photo, but boosting the contrast reveals the Kodak paper type.  |
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